Definition of Pleiades

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Nymph
Member holonyms: Asterope, Sterope

2. Noun. A star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Generic synonyms: Bunch, Clump, Cluster, Clustering
Member holonyms: Asterope, Sterope
Group relationships: Taurus

Definition of Pleiades

1. n. pl. The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

Definition of Pleiades

1. pleiad [n] - See also: pleiad

Medical Definition of Pleiades

1. 1. The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky. 2. A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by Madler the central point around which our universe is revolving, but there is no sufficient evidence of such motion. Only six pleiads are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the ancients supposed that a sister had concealed herself out of shame for having loved a mortal, Sisyphus. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleiades

pledgeors
pledger
pledgers
pledges
pledget
pledget
pledgets
pledgetted suture
pledge taker
pledging
pledgor
pledgors
plegepoda
pleiad
pleiades (current term)
Pleiades
pleiads
pleinairism
pleinairisms
pleinairist
pleinairists
pleio-
pleiocene
pleiocene
Pleione
pleiophyllous
pleiosaurus
Pleiospilos
pleiotaxies
pleiotaxy

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